Oh wow, this is so gorgeous @_@ I loove the colors you use and the beautiful patterns, she's sure to adore this :3

Thanks so much! Ahaha she saw it and she was like "Whoah" and had to hold it at arm's length to take it in it was so bright!

that is just radical, love the colors and imagery... mmmm

Thanks so much! A lot of it, like the use of energy symbols, was highly inspired by Alex Grey. :)

he's just awesome, I've been very inspired by him too. ^-^ Symbolism is like a freaking fetish to me, I cant get enough. I study ancient cultures pretty much only for the symbols and stories.. X3 we have a very fascinating world history, with so many recurring themes... it all it quite mind-blowing, to me, anyways.

Oh man me too. I understand that fascination completely, because I've just recently gotten into it too. Especially spiritual symbolism; I love Indian and Tibetan art so much. Earlier today I was looking through a boot on the Tantra and it's so ridiculously cool.

I bet!!! there's so much that can be meant with a simple shape or motif, it's just awesome. I'm a big fan of all symbolism, but the spiritual symbolism of ancient cultures is my forte', it's all the non-fiction I seem to read. X3 my dad's a freemason so he lends me all these great books on these and related subjects. I'm in love with the universal monomyth, the base of all religions it seems, the sun-worshiping base that hides behind so much.. the daily battles between day and night, sun's death in midwinter, all relating to the cycles and nuances of life and death...

and of course, forging our own neo-symbols, making hybrids and mutants of old symbols even, to better suit the spirit of our times... that's what I feel like art like this is doing. It makes me happy to see.

Well if you have any books to recommend me, send me lists!Z And I agree; symbolism in today's art is an important block in history, because we have yet to continue the chain in a lot of art.

I will do that sometime, as for now, you might enjoy this perhaps.. (just made an account here myself)
http://www.evolver.net/evolver
for the sake of connecting with the like-minded.